The way you phrased this could go either way: were you never taking on more work, no matter how obviously it needed to get done, just because you weren't explicitly told to do that job? Because that would be a fair criticism in my estimation.
the reality is that incompetent managers love to blame their employees for not doing shit they never told them to do.
Once had a manager repeatedly tell me I needed to "manage my time better" when I told them I didn't have enough time in the day to get all my tasks done. So I logged my time one day (9-11 worked on task A, 11-1230 worked on task B, etc.) and went to my manager to show them. "This is how long I am spending on each task, can you tell me which ones I am spending too long on and how I can be more efficient?" Manager told me to give them the log and they'll get back to me.
They never did get back to me, but they did end up reassigning my duties to other people who were also not given enough time to complete them.
If you want me to make executive decisions then pay me like an executive.
executive decisions
3 Wood or 9 Iron?
I'll trade you a coal and 2 brick.
I wish executives were that cool.
were you never taking on more work, no matter how obviously it needed to get done
Bad management creates excess redundant and disorganized labor for the base worker.
If your boss is shitting this stuff out uncontrollably, perhaps that's their problem more than yours.
Either way, sacking all those people won't get the work done any faster.
I'm not sure how fair it is. How would you know what work there is if there aren't any tickets being assigned for example?
I guess it depends on the employer. I don't do office work myself, but according to what I've heard from my wife about her jobs in banking adjacent fields, she has a few different queues of things to do that everyone takes from.
The way you phrased this could go either way: were you never taking on more work, no matter how obviously it needed to get done, just because you weren't explicitly told to do that job? Because that would be a fair criticism in my estimation.
the reality is that incompetent managers love to blame their employees for not doing shit they never told them to do.
Once had a manager repeatedly tell me I needed to "manage my time better" when I told them I didn't have enough time in the day to get all my tasks done. So I logged my time one day (9-11 worked on task A, 11-1230 worked on task B, etc.) and went to my manager to show them. "This is how long I am spending on each task, can you tell me which ones I am spending too long on and how I can be more efficient?" Manager told me to give them the log and they'll get back to me.
They never did get back to me, but they did end up reassigning my duties to other people who were also not given enough time to complete them.
If you want me to make executive decisions then pay me like an executive.
3 Wood or 9 Iron?
I'll trade you a coal and 2 brick.
I wish executives were that cool.
Bad management creates excess redundant and disorganized labor for the base worker.
If your boss is shitting this stuff out uncontrollably, perhaps that's their problem more than yours.
Either way, sacking all those people won't get the work done any faster.
I'm not sure how fair it is. How would you know what work there is if there aren't any tickets being assigned for example?
I guess it depends on the employer. I don't do office work myself, but according to what I've heard from my wife about her jobs in banking adjacent fields, she has a few different queues of things to do that everyone takes from.